But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, inthe fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a Master Ring to control all others. and into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life.

“Never laugh at live dragons, Bilbo you fool!” he said to himself, and it became a favourite saying of his later, and passed into a proverb.